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Matthew Alec And The Soul Electric Release Debut Album 'Cleveland Time' Feat. Tom 'bones' Malone
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Big Picture Media
Jazz fusion ensemble Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric has released their new album Cleveland Time via Cleveland Time Records. Working alongside Cleveland-based producer Jim Stewart, the album was recorded in two separate sessions because of the ongoing pandemic. Fans can stream Cleveland Time from here. Cleveland Time marks the first album release from the group that features Matthew Alec (tenor saxophone and EWI), Brian Woods (piano, keyboards, organs, plus vocals on “Give What You Take” and “Baby You Got ...
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Mini-Jazz Documentary 'In The Zone: Rick Kilburn,' A Hollywood Finalist
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All About Jazz
“When I was 12 my father introduced me to Scott LaFaro and when my Dad asked me, ‘what do you want to do?’ I pointed at Scott and said, ’that,’” says jazz bassist/producer Rick Kilburn. “The pursuit of music is basically the pursuit of oneself...a very spiritual undertaking,” reflects the bassist. “I strive to occupy my physical body with my spirit body at a minimum ratio of 51% spirit, to 50% physical body. That’s a good starting point to strive ...
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Jazz Empowers Hosts Virtual Mardi Gras Jazz Festival
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Andrew Johnston
Jazz Empowers, a national nonprofit organization that supports jazz programs in underserved schools, is celebrating Mardi Gras with a Virtual Mardi Gras Jazz Festival. The jazz festival will include an exclusive performance from Jazz Empowers instructor Ricky Sebastian and his Carnival Time Band featuring Derek Douget on Tenor Saxophone, Ashlin Parker on trumpet, Don Vappie on guitar/vocals, and Richard Moten on bass. The festival will also include performances and testimonials from Jazz Empowers students, and a short live auction with ...
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Resurrection! Legendary Percussionist Airto Moreira & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Two powerful forces in the world of jazz come together in Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Airto Moreira is a world-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist from Brazil, who exhibited great talent at a young age. In his twenties he traveled to the U.S.A. in pursuit of Flora Purim, the woman with whom he had fallen in love, who had left Brazil to sing Bossa Nova with saxophonist Stan Getz. Over the years, Airto became a major ...
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Planning On Course For 2021 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
In an effort to do everything possible to deliver a festival this summer, Marc Iacona and John Nugent, producers of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, are pleased to announce that planning is underway to present the Festival‘s 19th edition this year from July 30 to August 7, 2021, on the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus. All plans are dependent on New York’s public health guidelines being favorable for travel and large gatherings. The decision to move forward will ...
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Swiss Music Ensemble Kali Trio To Release Second Album 'Loom' On March 19, 2021
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
KALI Trio is a Swiss post-genre band. They function as a collective, with every member contributing equally to the writing and creative processes. Their original score for Thomas Imbach’s movie Nemesis will arrive in 2021. Loom is the second album by KALI trio and shows the consequent development of the original style of the working band. The three Swiss musicians Nicolas Stocker (Drums), Urs Müller (E-Gitarre) und Raphael Loher (Piano) weave the various threads of their stylistic background together with ...
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Guitarist And Film Music Mastermind Lyle Workman To Release Stunning New Instrumental Album 'Uncommon Measures' On Feb. 19, 2021 On Blue Canoe Records
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Known both as a first-call sideman/session musician and a top-shelf film composer with credits including Superbad, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, prolific guitarist Lyle Workman will release Uncommon Measures, his first solo album in a more than a decade, on February 19, 2021, via Blue Canoe Records. Featuring a 63- piece orchestra recorded live at Abbey Road under the direction of orchestrator extraordinaire John Ashton Thomas (Black Panther, Captain Marvel), the collection plays like the score to some ...
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Vocalist/Lyricist Mark Winkler Teams With Pianist David Benoit For 'Old Friends'
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Mouthpiece Music
Singer, lyricist Mark Winkler and pianist, composer David Benoit have teamed up to record an album that pays homage to their 37 years of friendship. Old Friends is a collection of some of the artists’ favorites songs by some of their favorite composers, as well as three original tunes, newly rendered in an affable collaboration by two musicians at the top of their form. Winkler and Benoit are seasoned artists in the music business. Winkler is a popular performer, lyricist, ...
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